Chapter 98: Hanging Head (2)

"boom"

Hongze City was densely filled with soldiers attacking the city, and the catapults threw them up with red-burned stones.

With a "boom", the smoke of gunpowder spread everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"Shoot!" Arrows exchanged in the air like locusts.

"Prepare to beat the stone and release it!"

The rocks were thrown from the city and smashed heavily onto the ladder, screaming.

"Prepare the golden juice!" At this time, a large number of people were carrying the big pot, and the boiling feces were burning inside, which smelled like a foul smell. However, these people guarding the city now ignored it.

They were all covered in scars, their eyes were filled with blood, and they saw a command: "Let it go"

Hundreds of pots of boiling manure poured down like waterfalls. Almost instantly, a group of tragic screams came from below.

Just this time, hundreds of enemy soldiers climbing on the cloud ladder suddenly let out a fierce howl. They fell down from the cloud ladder directly. The people below were watered by boiling manure and smoked all over their bodies. Several of them suddenly melted, and even the bones inside could be seen.

These people rolled on the ground and screamed.

With a horn, the enemy soldiers retreated like a tide, and another wave of attacks was resisted.

Du Ran stood up at the entrance of the city wall, panting, staring at the rising sun in the sky. The sun shone brightly on the city, and there were only a few three or four hundred people around him.

For the first time, he felt extremely fear and a wonderful premonition that made him suddenly realize that if there were no reinforcements, the day when Hongze City was destroyed was just around the corner, but I was afraid that even the rising sun would not be able to see tomorrow.

On the temporary construction of the observation platform, the main general Wei Cundong stared at Hongze City. On the city, the dilapidated military flag was dancing. Hongze City's resistance was very firm, but in the eyes of famous generals, it was already a dead end.

Standing solemnly on both sides, Wei Cundong was old, but his minions had not yet faded.

"Don't you surrender?" He turned his head and said to a counselor.

"That's right, Du Gongzhen is afraid that he will not be spared even if he surrenders." The strategist said casually.

"Is that true?" Wei Cundong sighed, without denying it, and asked again: "Where is Wang Hongyi?"

"Lord, three hours ago, in the early morning, I received the news that I had arrived in Liuzi County."

"Hmph, Wang Hongyi's son, the soldiers are very fast but they don't know how many days it will take to break Liuzi County, and how many days can this Hongze City resist?"

"I have obtained this Hongze City, and most of Hongze County will be. Even if you take away Changshou and Liuzi County, what if you take away Changshou and Liuzi County?" He said this again, and said instructed: "The city will be destroyed today, and the capital of Shanwu will be transferred to the capital."

The flag plaque official has to order him to go out.

Almost at the same time, at the gate of Liuzi County, a large army gathered, and 20,000 troops were spread all over the field, and the red air rushed straight into the clouds.

On Liuzi County, commander Zhang Shiming was staring at the bottom, and he was also frightened. However, when he remembered the information he had just received, he was sure.

The commander clearly stated that as long as he could hold on for a day and a night, he would be victorious.

The 20,000 army is indeed very powerful, but for Liuzi County, the city is thick and the walls are high, the ditches and rivers are well protected, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if there are only 3,000 soldiers, it is not difficult to hold on this day and one night.

Thinking of this, Commander Zhang Shiming felt very at ease.

At this time, Zhang Youzhi was a little worried and stepped forward and said, "Lord, Hongze City can't hold on for much time recently. If there is any delay."

Wang Hongyi stared at the city, sneered, and said, "It's okay, I say that breaking the city in half a day means breaking the city in half a day, maybe it won't take half a day."

As he said that, he said to a special person: "How is the situation of Pili Car?"

"General, all five cars are there, but they are huge in size, so they can only be dismantled and run, and they are still being assembled." The official responded with his head down.

"How much time will it take?" Wang Hongyi asked.

The official showed a hesitant look. At this moment, a flag was waving in the distance, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Lord, the assembly is completed."

"Tell me the order, push it up, blow the city wall, and give the whole bounty ten taels!" Wang Hongyi said in a sequel.

At this time, in front of everyone, five pike trucks that were ten meters high had been assembled and pushed up according to the order. The pike truck was made of large wood as a frame and the joint was connected by metal parts.

A rotatable gun shaft is placed horizontally on the gun mount. The long rod fixed to the shaft is called "slight", which acts as a lever, and there are fifty gun ropes on it.

Each cannon rope was pulled by one person, so there were fifty people pulling the Pili chariot, which happened to be a team, one car at a time.

At this time, the commander Zhang Shiming stood on the city wall and saw that there were fifty people placing wooden rolling wood, and hundreds of people were pulling together to pull a tall machine to the front of the city.

Seeing that there were 200 people serving a strange car and dragging it to the front of the formation with slogans, commander Zhang Shiming suddenly had an ominous premonition and asked, "What is this?"

"Looking at this, it seems like a catapult, but why is it so huge?" Someone was a little more aware of the goods and asked hesitantly.

At this time, the five giant carts had already arrived in front of the formation, but stopped two hundred meters in front of the city.

Although the Thunderbolt Car is not as powerful as the legendary Huihuan, it can throw half a ton of boulders and has a range of up to 300 meters, it also reaches a range of 200 meters and can throw 500 kilograms of boulders.

I saw a group of people shouting, unloading the huge rock from the small rolling cart and loading it onto the Pili cart.

At this time, everyone in Liuzi County had seen the intention clearly. Commander Zhang Shiming immediately looked deserted and murmured: "How could there be such a catapult... impossible!"

At this time, the five thunderbolt vehicles and the aimer measured the distance and rays back and forth.

The commanding officer was also sweating profusely and finally gave an order: "Start!"

At this time, even Wang Hongyi stopped breathing and looked up. He saw the thunder chariot pulling the cannon rope and making a sound, and five huge stone bombs flew out.

The sun was shining in the morning, and tens of thousands of people watched.

"Boom!" There was only a loud noise. Two of the five huge rocks fell. One passed the city wall and fell into the city. The other did not hit the city wall and fell below the city wall. The powerful driving force caused the falling one to explode and turned into countless flying stones.

But at this time, no one was in the mood to see the remaining three huge rocks fell on the city wall. With a bang, everyone present felt the movement of the city wall. As for the soldiers near the huge rocks, they all turned into flesh and didn't even snort.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the county town of Liuzi County did not collapse immediately, but a clear hole showed its powerful power, which made the commander Zhang Shiming's face turn ashen.

"General, what should I do?" One person couldn't stand it and immediately said.

As soon as the words fell, a long sword pierced into his body with a "puff" sound, and a bloody flower splashed out.

Drawing out the long sword, Zhang Shiming's eyes quickly flew over the left and right kissing generals, his eyes flashed sharply, and he shouted: "Even if the enemy has a powerful weapon to attack the city, we have been favored by the general for a long time, and we can only die in battle and never surrender. Whoever dares to shake me will kill me first!"

After hearing this, the generals had to agree and decided to fight to the death.

At this moment, there were loud "boom!" and "boom!" again. A key city wall was shocked with more than a dozen key attacks, and then it fell down in the dust and gravel.

He was shouting that the generals were rolling to the ground, losing his due manner.

Everyone present was stunned and shocked for a moment. The army outside the city cheered for a moment, deafeningly, and rushed into the sky.

"Kill, kill into the city." Wang Hongyi issued an order without hesitation.

With the order, the war drums sounded, one after another.

The army of Yidudu moved like a tide and headed towards the gap. At this time, the thunder chariots did not rest. They moved in a difficult direction and headed towards a city wall.

"Let me go!" Another huge rock flew into the sky, and in a blink of an eye, there was a "boom" sound.

The military flags were flying, and other troops rushed into the gap.

Suddenly, there were sounds of killing in the city.

There are three gaps, 20,000 troops, and there are already 3,000 people in the city. This victory is definitely a victory.

Only the sound of killings in the city were heard everywhere, and only the fires in the city were rolling. It was not necessarily Wang Hongyi's army, but some were fires set by the enemy themselves. There were shouts of killing and screams from time to time in the flames, and fierce hand-to-hand combat was held.

After moving for a while, Wang Hongyi looked at Zhang Youzhi and said, "How about now?"

Zhang Youzhi was shocked by this scene. He never expected that a city like Liuzi County would be broken in a moment. After hearing this, he recovered and bowed to answer: "Lord, the situation is just a dying struggle. It takes only one hour for 20,000 troops to wash the city."

"You can't say that. My army cannot delay. After an hour, I will order the army to convene. I will leave you a guard and appoint you as the county magistrate of these six counties. You can take good care of your family."

"Don't worry, lord, in one hour, even if there are sporadic enemies in the city, there are only dozens of desperate people. I can't even take them down with 600 people from the lord. This is really incompetent."

"Well, what are you going to do?"

"Lord, after an hour, there will be nothing more than scattered enemies to resist according to the Guzu. At that time, as long as you divide the various areas and ask the people to put out the fire, there will be no trouble at that time. Please rest assured!"

Wang Hongyi said "hmm" again. Although this method is simple, it is very effective. He looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "There are many new recruits recently. Although they have been trained, they have not experienced hard battles. Now this city washing is a big training and will not make them tired. He ordered the soldiers in the back to provide food immediately. After an hour, the entire army gathered and after lunch, he went straight to Hongze Town."

"By the way, how is Hongze Castle's reaction?"

"Lord, Du Gongzhen is nothing more than watching our army fight with Wei Cundong in the city. However, our army won a great victory and was as powerful as a decisive battle with Wei Cundong. As long as we cross it, Du Gongzhen will surrender. Even if we don't surrender, the lord has this powerful weapon to siege the city. Tomorrow's Hongze City is today's Sixth County!"

After hearing this, Wang Hongyi laughed and then issued an order: "Listen to my order, the soldiers will make meals, and the cavalry will go and spy on the situation immediately!"
Chapter completed!